Tetanus or infectious disease
affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is
fatal in 8 days

Lung fever

Pneumonia

Lung sickness

Tuberculosis

Meningitis

Inflation of brain or spinal
cord

Nephrosis

Kidney degeneration

Nepritis

Inflammation of kidneys

Quinsy

Abscess behind tonsils

Small pox

Contagious disease with fever
and blisters

Summer complaint

Diarrhea, usually in infants
caused by spoiled milk

Tuberculosis

Bacterial infection that
primarily attacks the lungs, but which may also affect the
kidneys, bones, lymph nodes, and brain. Symptoms of TB
include coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath, loss of
appetite, weight loss, fever, chills, and fatigue.

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